The Traitor's Niche

by Ismail Kadare

Book Overview

"Kadare is inevitably linked to Orwell and Kundera, but he is a far deeper ironist than the first, and a better storyteller than the second. He is a compellingly ironic storyteller because he so brilliantly summons details that explode with symbolic reality." --The New Yorker

At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan displays the severed heads...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640090444
• ISBN13: 9781640090446
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.2"